Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Military Merit, White Division, Ii Class Star, C.1940 Archive The washer is silvered brass

The washer is silvered brass

In all probability this poster is a reaction to the 1938 “Anschluss” of Austria to the German Reich

Berlin” on the reverse

by the War Department

Spain, Franco Period. An Order Of Military Merit, White Division, Ii Class Star, C.1940 Archive The washer is silvered brass(Orden al Mrito Militar). Instituted 1864 by Queen Isabel II of Spain. Francisco Franco (1940 1975) issue. Type I. White Division. A faceted eight pointed star in silvered bronze, with obverse featuring a centrepiece in bronze gilt consisting of an enameled white four armed cross, with alternating Spanish castles and lions in each quadrant also in bronze gilt, superposed by an enameled red, white, and blue time of period Spanish coat of arms, beneath